I know this is not the best way to play, but can help... In a breakaway, expecially if there are 10 or more riders, you can save your ma'sn energy without make other riders angry just set him to refill bottle all the time... He will go behind all riders... Someone else have tried this?
There are several ways to prevent your rider from working in a break away.
If there are more than 10 riders, he should be fine just keeping the position.
Or you put him on short relay but with low % so that he never goes to the front.
The bottle works too, but I am not sure if you can do it the whole stage or if the AI will recognize it. I mean, you are constantly giving him orders, so it would be easy to detect.
But I wonder if he can really save that much energy because he is constantly dropping back and then going back in line. Did you try it for a whole stage already?
BTW: The professional riders also ask for a bottle when they don't want to work.
If you hold position or you effort is too low they will try to leave you alone...
I have tried this several times, qnd always works. You do not spend energy because you are alwqys covered by others riders, is just like you were in the peloton. When you take the bottle simply you decrease your speed and then keep following the last rider.. This works even with 5 or 6 riders, even 2, but is just boring give the orders constantly, and maybe the other riders can t keep the breakaway alive because there is one man less working.. You have only to rise your effort when you are 30km to the finish, because the other riders will rise their effort too and if yours is too low they will not collaborate.. They don t recognize this Edited by morderick on 26-07-2014 02:48
